Martin Luther King,Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr. Written by B. Silverberg.

小马丁·路德·金 作者：B.西尔弗伯格

Introduction. Each year we celebrate Martin Luther King Day. We remember the life and work of a great African American leader. Who was this man?

引言。 每年我们都会庆祝马丁·路德·金日。 我们缅怀这位了不起的非裔美国领袖的生平与事迹。 这个人到底是谁呢？

Life in the South Martin Luther King Jr. was born in 1929. He grew up in a loving family. When he was 19, he decided to become a minister. His first job was at a church in the state of Alabama.

南方的生活 小马丁·路德·金出生于1929年。 他在一个充满爱的家庭里长大。 19岁的时候，他决定成为一名牧师。 他的第一份工作是在阿拉巴马州的一所教堂任职。

Alabama is in the South, where African Americans lived under unfair laws for many years. Before the Civil War, most black people were slaves to white owners. After the Civil War, slavery ended in America. But many states in the South then passed laws to keep blacks apart from whites.

阿拉巴马州位于美国南部，多年来非裔美国人一直遭受不公平法律的压迫。 内战爆发前，大多数黑人都是白人奴隶主的奴隶。 内战结束后，美国废除了奴隶制。 但随后南方很多州都出台了法律，强制黑人和白人隔离开来。

These unfair laws took away the rights of many blacks. Black children had to go to different, poorer schools than white children. Blacks had to use different drinking fountains and bathrooms. On buses, blacks had to sit in the back and give up their seats if whites wanted them.

这些不公平的法律剥夺了许多黑人的权利。 黑人孩子只能去和白人孩子不一样、条件更差的学校上学。 黑人必须使用单独的饮水机和卫生间。 在公交车上，黑人必须坐在后排，如果白人要座位的话，黑人还得让座。

In 1955, a black woman refused to give up her bus seat to a white man. She was put in jail for breaking the law. When Martin heard what happened, he decided to act.

1955年，一位黑人女性拒绝把自己的公交座位让给一名白人男性。 她因违反法律被关进了监狱。马丁听说这件事后，决定采取行动。